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{{Infobox Indian political party
|party_name =Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal
|colorcode = {{party color|Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal}}
|leader = [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]]
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|foundation = May 30, 1999
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|dissolution = 2003
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The '''Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal''' ('''SHSAD''') was a [[Sikh]] [[political party]] in [[India]], formed after a split in the [[Shiromani Akali Dal]].<ref name="KaminskyLong2011">{{cite book|author1=Arnold P. Kaminsky|author2=Roger D. Long|title=India Today: An Encyclopedia of Life in the Republic|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wWDnTWrz4O8C&pg=PA22|year=2011|publisher=ABC-CLIO|isbn=978-0-313-37462-3|page=22}}</ref> The party was led by [[Gurcharan Singh Tohra]].<ref name="KaminskyLong2011"/>

SHSAD was founded by Tohra after he was expelled by the SAD Political Affairs Committee on May 14, 1999.<ref name="SidhuBrar2009"/> SHSAD was officially constituted on May 30, 1999.<ref name="RoyWallace2007">{{cite book|author1=Ramashray Roy|author2=Paul Wallace|title=India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYiHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=6 February 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0110-9|page=129}}</ref> The party contested the [[1999 Indian general election|1999 Lok Sabha election]] and won 4.15% of the vote in Punjab.<ref name="SidhuBrar2009">{{cite book|author1=Lakhwinder Singh Sidhu|author2=Gurpreet Singh Brar|author3=Sumandeep Kaur Punia|title=Politics in Punjab, 1966-2008|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ajPgoT39_RwC&pg=PA180|date=1 January 2009|publisher=Unistar Books|isbn=978-81-7142-667-6|pages=180, 237, 287–288}}</ref> All in all the party had fielded 7 candidates in Punjab.<ref>Election Commission of India. ''[http://eci.nic.in/archive/ge1999/pollupd/pc/candlwc/shsadpcnst.htm List of Contestants of Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal(SHSAD) (nationwide)]''</ref>

SHSAD contested the 2002 Punjab [[Vidhan Sabha]] election as a constituent of the [[Panthic Morcha]], an alliance of Sikh parties.<ref name="SidhuBrar2009"/>

Tohra reconciled with SAD in 2003.<ref name="Chima2015">{{cite book|author=Jugdep S. Chima|title=Ethnic Subnationalist Insurgencies in South Asia: Identities, Interests and Challenges to State Authority|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=x8sqBwAAQBAJ&pg=PA77|date=24 March 2015|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-55706-7|page=77}}</ref> A unity declaration between Tohra and the SAD leader [[Parkash Singh Badal]] was signed in [[Patiala]] on June 13, 2003.<ref>''The Tribune''. ''[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030614/main2.htm Badal, Tohra factions unite - Loyalists not taken into confidence]''</ref> Whilst SHSAD had been unsuccessful in winning seats in elections, the SAD-SHSAD split influenced elections by dividing the Akali vote and enabling the [[Indian National Congress]] to win elections in Punjab.<ref name="RoyWallace2007">{{cite book|author1=Ramashray Roy|author2=Paul Wallace|title=India's 2004 Elections: Grass-Roots and National Perspectives|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WYiHAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA129|date=6 February 2007|publisher=SAGE Publications|isbn=978-81-321-0110-9|page=129}}</ref><ref name="Biju2010">{{cite book|author=M. R. Biju|title=Developmental Issues in Contemporary India|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pGFw4Xyl4d8C&pg=PA538|year=2010|publisher=Concept Publishing Company|isbn=978-81-8069-714-2|page=538}}</ref> After the merger of SHSAD and SAD, SAD emerged victorious in the [[2004 Indian general election|2004 Lok Sabha election]] in Punjab.<ref name="SidhuBrar2009"/>

==See also==
*[[Shiromani Akali Dal (disambiguation)|Splinter groups of the Akali Dal]]

==References==
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{{Indian political parties}}
{{Sikh politics}}

[[Category:Political parties established in 1999]]
[[Category:Sikh political parties]]
[[Category:Regionalist parties in India]]
[[Category:Shiromani Akali Dal|*]]
[[Category:1999 establishments in India]]

Sarb Hind Shiromani Akali Dal - Revision history

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